April 2021

✽✽✽ April 2021 ✽✽✽

 

Finally, winter time is finally over!

We are so excited. The people who live in northern Japan really look forward to spring  because winter is very long and cold. Take off winter boots and thick jacket, so let's feel spring Otaru together!

[Otaru Canal]

Can you see the mountain is covered with snow?

[Former Temiya Railway]

 Amur adonis

 Nagahashi Naebo Park

Spring is finally here! What better way to spend a beautiful sunny day than to take a leisurely stroll through Naebo Park. Discover various trees, plants, flowers, as well as birds, and immerse yourself in the wonders of nature. 

You might see some adorable squirrels too!

Hokkaido (Ezo) Squirrel 

Mizubasho Pond

(Lysichiton camtschatcensis, or Asian skunk-cabbage) 

Mallards (Wild Ducks) Swimming in the Pond

Frog Eggs

PLANTS

Symplocarpus foetidus (skunk cabbage)

Corydalis fumariifolia

Anemone pseudoaltaica

Wild Birds

Great spotted woodpecker

Japanese pygmy woodpecker

Eurasian treecreeper

Varied tit

Japanese tit

Eurasian nuthatch

Brown-eared bulbul

Eurasian jay

Nature Center

Nagahashi Naebo Park Nature Center

1-53 Saiwai, Otaru City (map)

+81-134-27-6061

April 11 - November 10, 2021

9:00 - 17:00

Closed Mondays (Tuesday if Monday is a public holiday)

Free Admission

Tenguyama Ropeway Temporary Closure (until April 28, 2021)

 Tenguyama Ropeway Temporary Closure

Otaru Tenguyama Ropeway is closed temporarily for 

maintenance before starting their summer season. 

◇◆   CLOSED for Maintenance   ◆◇

until April 28 (Wed)

◇◆  Summer Season ◆◇

April 29 (Thu) - November 3 (Wed), 2021

*Please note business hours are subject to change. 

Please contact the facility or visit their website for the most up-to-date information.

         

Ropeway Fare

Roundtrip     Adult   1,400 yen

                    Child      700 yen

OTARU TENGUYAMA

2-16-15 Mogami, Otaru

+81-134-33-7381